Paint on car exteriors

Most of the cars we see with paint splattered over the
exterior were contaminated when paintwork was being undertaken nearby. Usually
its only very fine spray that has contaminated the vehicle, but it can still
be very difficult to remove, especially of its the kind of paint that is
used on lamp posts, railings or the exterior of buildings.

Sometimes somebody will drive their car through paint which
is on the road. This may be paint that has fallen off the back of a lorry,
or it could just be the white-lining road paint. Other times, vandals will
pour paint over a car or use spray paint.

First
Aid Advice

If the paint on your car is water based and still wet you may be able to
wash it off before it dries. Drive straight to a garage that has a pressure
washer and try to blast it off. If you see that the paint is colouring
the water then the paint is water based and it is safe to continue. If
it doesn't then you are probably dealing with a solvent based paint --
trying to blast it off with water may only succeed in spreading it. So
bring the car to us.

How much will it cost?

Some kinds of paint are easy to get off, some are extremely
difficult and require special solvents.
We can never quite tell how long it will take to remove until we have tried
to remove it. So what we do is work on the car for half an hour, we can then
phone you with a more accurate estimate of how long the rest of the car will take, although
sometimes we can remove it within this hour.

Price Menu

Service

Prices

First ½ hour

£21.00

Each further ½ hour

£21.00

Hourly Rate

£42.00

Material Costs per Hour- For specialist machines and products such solvents. Normal materials/sundries are in included in the hourly rate, eg detergents, masks & gloves.

£8.00

There's no VAT to be added to our prices

Do I claim on my insurance?

Very few of these kinds of jobs warrant a claim because the vast majority of
these can be done within 2-8 hours. In rare cases where it takes longer, just
a call to the insurance company can turn it into a claim. We usually recommend
that you call your insurance company first just so they know they are happy
with you bringing it here. We deal with all the major insurance companies.

Multiple Vehicle Contamination

If you are unfortunate enough to be the person responsible for splattering paint
over lots of cars, don't panic! You aren't the first -- we often find that
this is the case.
We strongly suggest that you get at least one car done and returned to the owner
as quickly as you can. In our experience,
people go off looking for their own solutions and getting all sorts of advice
-- often they will be advised that they need a respray. But once they see that
one car has been done to the owners satisfaction, they will be happy to have
theirs done too.